Culture in Riga
ALBERTA IELA
ike a huge painting that you can spend hours staring at, this must-see is in fact a street with houses, restaurants and shops. Art Nouveau, or Jugendstil, is the style, and the chief architect is Mikhail Eisenstein. Named after the founder of Riga, Bishop Albert von Buxthoeven, the street was Eisenstein’s gift to Riga on its 700th anniversary. A jolly man, his bon vivant personality comes through in his
